Thread: nuclear space engine - would it work ??
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Old October 3rd 06, 06:49 AM posted to sci.physics.fusion,sci.space.history,soc.history.what-if,alt.history.what-if
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Default nuclear space engine - would it work ??

bombardmentforce wrote:
David Spain wrote:
Project Orion was a concept study.

And a test program. that lead into the Casaba Howitzer test program,
that was the secret core of Reagan's SDI.

http://spacebombardment.blogspot.com...r-concept.html

It proposed building a space-based
only "rocket" ...It was really only
seriously proposed for use strictly in space. The bombs were to be
released in a series of continuous distinct pulses.


Here's evidence it was seriously proposed for Earth launch, by a
serious player, who later was part of the team behind the World Trade
Center.

http://spacebombardment.blogspot.com...-re-lunar.html

An Orion rocket would work but you would not want to launch it from
Earths surface.